The Hellenic Collection 9 Books Collection Set by Dougie McHale - Young Adult - Paperback

Titles in This Set:
The Girl In The Portrait
The Flight of the Dragonfly
The Boy Who Hugs Trees
The Homecoming
A Moth to the Flame
Where The Sky Falls
Beneath A Burning Sky
Under A Broken Sky
The Island Between Us

Format: Paperback

Overview:
Step into The Hellenic Collection, a nine-book YA journey from Dougie McHale that sweeps between wartime Corfu and modern life with a quiet, enduring romance at its heart. The novels unfold around a mysterious portrait and a lineage of couples whose choices echo across generations. Each title probes the cost of secrets, the courage to forgive, and the resilience required to rebuild trust when love itself is tested by history. Across island coves, windy shores, and sunlit streets, you’ll meet characters who carry grief, then discover a path toward redemption through connection, honesty, and the stubborn hope that love can outlast even the longest shadow. This paperback set is a complete reading journey for fans of dual timelines, emotionally charged family sagas, and stories where the past keeps nudging the present toward a brighter future. If you crave immersive settings and heart-stopping revelations, you’ve found your next binge-read collection.

What Makes This Collection Worth Owning:
Why own the complete Hellenic Collection? Because nine complete experiences are wrapped in one sturdy paperback set, designed for fans who love slow-burnished character arcs and sweeping settings. The titles share a tonal thread—loss, resilience, and the redemptive power of love—while each novel stands on its own, offering fresh suspense, new relationships, and different corners of World War II-era Corfu and beyond. Buying the set provides consistent quality, matching design across spines for display and gifting, plus the convenience of a single order that’s easy to gift to a reader who’s building a personal library. Moving from one poignant romance to another without interruption, with the same author’s voice guiding you through nine distinct but connected journeys.

Books Included in This Collection:
The Girl In The Portrait
In The Girl In The Portrait, a mysterious image becomes the frame for a love that traverses time. Across generations, a chance encounter with a forgotten painting uncovers questions of trust, memory, and the truth behind a guarded family history.

The Flight of the Dragonfly
The Flight of the Dragonfly soars between eras, blending wartime suspense with tender romance. A journey that tests loyalties, courage, and the power of forgiveness, inviting readers to chase justice across shoreline towns, sea winds, and quiet, enduring promises together.

The Boy Who Hugs Trees
The Boy Who Hugs Trees follows a resilient youth who finds solace in nature while a city’s shadows threaten to erase the past. As friendships deepen and secrets surface, he learns that healing sometimes comes from roots that run deeper than memory.

The Homecoming
The Homecoming threads past and present through a seaside village, where a return unsettles familiar routines and unsettled guilt. As reunions unfold, a fragile trust rekindles, offering a path toward reconciliation, and proving that home can endure even when the truth hurts.

A Moth to the Flame
A Moth to the Flame bars the door to easy conclusions, inviting readers into a tale of courage under pressure. Heroes confront consequences, while quiet decisions ripple through families, altering futures and testing loyalties in brighter, dangerous lights and choices.

Where The Sky Falls
Where The Sky Falls weaves a storm of secrets across two generations, asking how far love will travel to mend broken trust. With lyrical imagery and precise pacing, it drags you toward the edge of a fateful revelation that changes everything.

Beneath A Burning Sky
Beneath A Burning Sky probes the cost of choosing hope when fear gnaws at edges of memory. Characters carry the weight of past decisions, only to discover that renewal often arrives through small acts of bravery, forgiveness, and quiet resilience.

Under A Broken Sky
Under A Broken Sky follows footsteps across a damaged world where love and loyalty struggle to survive. The narrative builds from intimate scenes to sweeping horizons, reminding readers that resilience and connection can outlast even the darkest days for all.

The Island Between Us
The Island Between Us closes the collection with a luminous portrait of reunion and risk. Across the island’s cliff paths and sea-washed towns, two souls reconcile, and the stories of generations come full circle in a testament to enduring love.

Who This Set Is Perfect For:
This collection is perfect for YA readers who love historical romance and mystery, for book lovers who collect complete series, for teachers building cross-curricular reading lists about resilience and courage, and for gift buyers seeking a thoughtful, immersive gift. It's ideal for ages 14+ and for readers who enjoy dual timelines and emotionally rich storytelling. Whether curling up at the end of a long day or sharing aloud in a classroom, this set invites deep discussion about secrets, family, and the endurance of love across decades. With nine stories in one package, readers can explore different voices, settings, and turning points while enjoying a cohesive reading experience.

Key Benefits:

• Nine interconnected stories in one complete paperback set
• Complete reading journey across generations and settings
• Consistent design for display and gifting
• Perfect for YA historical fiction fans
• Builds empathy through secrets, resilience, and redemption
• Easy one-click set purchase for convenience

About the Author:
Dougie McHale is a contemporary author known for immersive settings and character-driven storytelling. The Hellenic Collection showcases his knack for weaving dual timelines with emotional depth, exploring love, loss, and redemption across generations. McHale's writing draws readers into sun-drenched Greek landscapes, wartime shadows, and intimate family rooms, creating memorable protagonists who confront hard truths and find courage to begin again. While the titles stand alone, they share a lyrical voice, a devotion to place, and a belief that the hardest days can lead to brighter futures. The author’s sensitivity to grief and hope makes these pages invitations to revisit and reflect.

Why You’ll Love This Set:
Owning The Hellenic Collection means instant access to nine emotionally charged journeys with the same trusted storytelling voice. Readers will enjoy the balance of romance, mystery, and historical atmosphere, plus the convenience of a complete series in one elegant package. The set is ideal for gifting to a reader who loves to binge a good saga, or for building a personal library with a cohesive aesthetic. The set is timeless—themes of family, forgiveness, and resilience resonate beyond age groups, while the vivid settings invite escapism and learning about the past.

Please Note: The individual books included in this listing will be dispatched as per the original UK ISBN and UK edition cover image shown in the image.